![]() ![]() Thank you and I pray all those who visit here will be abundantly blessed. PLEASE ADVISE ME OF ANY GLARING TYPOS etc - In June 2021 I lost 95% sight in my left eye and sometimes miss errors. This site adheres to the Catholic Church and all her teachings. We do not use them, it is they who move usĪnd lead us, to where we had not expected to go.” This Site is placed under the Patronage of my many favourite Saints and especially, St Paul. This site, which is now using the Traditional Calendar, will mainly concentrate on Daily Prayers, Novenas and the Memorials and Feast Days of our friends in Heaven, the Saints who went before us and the great blessings the Church provides in our Catholic Monthly Devotions. Prayer is what the world needs combined with the example of our lives which testify to the Light of Christ. Lenten /Spring Ember Days – March: 4, 6 and 7Īutumn Ember Days: September 16, 18 and 19Īdvent Ember Days: December 16, 18 and 19īeing a Catholic is a way of life - a love affair "Religion must be like the air we breathe."- St John Bosco ![]() Saturday is a preview of Easter and it marks the renewal of our baptismal covenant. Father Pius Parsch says: “Ember Friday is the liturgy’s ‘Yom Kippur.’” Friday recalls Christ’s passion and death and emphasises conversion and penance.Īll the Ember Saturdays take place in the stational church of St Peter in the Vatican. Wednesday was traditionally devoted to our Lady and in imitation of her it was a day of reflection and spiritual orientation.Īll four Ember Fridays take place in the stational church of the Basilica of the Apostles. This painting is called “Seasons” and is by St Hildegard von Bingen OSB (1098-1179) – Doctor of the Churchīecause Ember Days are of ancient tradition, there are Station Churches attached to the Ember Days, each with a different focus on each day of ember week.Īll four Ember Wednesdays were celebrated in the station church St Mary Major. Thus saith the Lord of hosts: The fast of the fourth month and the fast of the fifth and the fast of the seventh and the fast of the tenth shall be to the house of Juda, joy and gladness, and great solemnities: only love ye truth and peace. The fasts, known as “Jejunia quatuor temporum,” or “the fast of the four seasons,” are rooted in Old Testament practices of fasting four times a year: These times are spent fasting and partially abstaining in penance and prayer, with the intentions of thanking God for the gifts He gives us in nature and beseeching Him for the discipline to use them in moderation. The traditional dates for the Ember days are the Wednesday, Friday and Saturday:Īfter Pentecost (this would be during the traditional octave of Pentecost)Īfter the Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross, 14 September St Pope Leo the Great, in the 5th century, mentioned the Ember Day Fasts, pointing to these fasts as stemming from Old Testament and Apostolic tradition.Įmber Days are still a vital part of the Church’s tradition. This is an ancient tradition of the Church. The word “Ember” actually comes from the Latin phrase, Quatuor Tempora, meaning four times.
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